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Novus Therapeutics (NVUS) Competitors

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NVUS vs. MRKR, LPCN, COCP, CING, GELS, LEXX, BFRG, PMN, GOVX, and PRPH

Should you be buying Novus Therapeutics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Novus Therapeutics include Marker Therapeutics (MRKR), Lipocine (LPCN), Cocrystal Pharma (COCP), Cingulate (CING), Gelteq (GELS), Lexaria Bioscience (LEXX), Bullfrog AI (BFRG), ProMIS Neurosciences (PMN), GeoVax Labs (GOVX), and ProPhase Labs (PRPH). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Novus Therapeutics vs. Its Competitors

Marker Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MRKR) and Novus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NVUS) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Marker Therapeutics has higher revenue and earnings than Novus Therapeutics. Marker Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Novus Therapeutics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Marker Therapeutics$6.59M2.75-$8.24M-$1.33-1.20
Novus TherapeuticsN/AN/A-$16.01M-$21.58-0.13

Marker Therapeutics has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Novus Therapeutics has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Marker Therapeutics had 2 more articles in the media than Novus Therapeutics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Marker Therapeutics and 0 mentions for Novus Therapeutics. Marker Therapeutics' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Novus Therapeutics' score of 0.00 indicating that Marker Therapeutics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Marker Therapeutics Positive
Novus Therapeutics Neutral

Novus Therapeutics has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Marker Therapeutics' net margin of -179.74%. Marker Therapeutics' return on equity of -89.63% beat Novus Therapeutics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Marker Therapeutics-179.74% -89.63% -71.62%
Novus Therapeutics N/A -133.49%-30.52%

Novus Therapeutics received 177 more outperform votes than Marker Therapeutics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.84% of users gave Novus Therapeutics an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave Marker Therapeutics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Marker TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
75
64.66%
Underperform Votes
41
35.34%
Novus TherapeuticsOutperform Votes
252
66.84%
Underperform Votes
125
33.16%

Marker Therapeutics currently has a consensus price target of $13.17, indicating a potential upside of 722.92%. Given Marker Therapeutics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Marker Therapeutics is more favorable than Novus Therapeutics.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Marker Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Novus Therapeutics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

22.4% of Marker Therapeutics shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of Marker Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Novus Therapeutics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Marker Therapeutics beats Novus Therapeutics on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NVUS vs. The Competition

MetricNovus TherapeuticsPharmaceutical Preparations IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.12M$6.88B$5.57B$8.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.51%5.27%4.16%
P/E Ratio-0.138.5026.7819.65
Price / SalesN/A263.11404.49152.18
Price / CashN/A65.8538.2534.64
Price / Book0.226.526.964.59
Net Income-$16.01M$143.48M$3.23B$248.23M

Novus Therapeutics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NVUS
Novus Therapeutics
N/A$2.87
-4.3%
N/A+2.0%$4.12MN/A-0.137High Trading Volume
MRKR
Marker Therapeutics
4.269 of 5 stars
$1.52
+7.8%
$13.17
+766.2%
-60.2%$17.20M$6.59M-1.1460Positive News
LPCN
Lipocine
2.1535 of 5 stars
$3.20
-2.4%
$9.00
+181.3%
-61.7%$17.12M$3.67M-4.2110News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
COCP
Cocrystal Pharma
2.6139 of 5 stars
$1.68
+1.8%
$7.00
+316.7%
-41.0%$17.09MN/A-0.9110Short Interest ↑
CING
Cingulate
2.0998 of 5 stars
$3.98
flat
$26.00
+553.3%
+506.1%$16.90MN/A-0.4720Short Interest ↑
GELS
Gelteq
N/A$1.79
+19.3%
N/AN/A$16.89MN/A0.00N/APositive News
Gap Down
LEXX
Lexaria Bioscience
2.5112 of 5 stars
$0.92
-5.7%
$7.00
+659.9%
-70.3%$16.18M$525.92K-1.847News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
BFRG
Bullfrog AI
1.4697 of 5 stars
$1.71
flat
N/A-37.4%$16.10M$60K-2.014News Coverage
Positive News
PMN
ProMIS Neurosciences
2.3232 of 5 stars
$0.49
-2.0%
$4.50
+818.4%
-68.5%$16.02MN/A-4.905Positive News
GOVX
GeoVax Labs
3.3818 of 5 stars
$1.05
+1.0%
$11.10
+957.1%
-26.4%$15.95M$5.59M-0.2910News Coverage
PRPH
ProPhase Labs
1.2668 of 5 stars
$0.38
+1.9%
N/A-92.9%$15.82M$5.85M-0.30130Short Interest ↑
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:NVUS) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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